Sologamy, the act of marrying yourself, is on the rise across the globe. Sologamists say it doesn’t mean they’re cutting themselves off from relationships, but that it means they’ve learnt to love themselves truly. Which they believe if anything, puts them in an even better position to love someone else. Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Marriage’
Pope’s nod to civil unions isn’t agreement to gay marriage
Monday, September 11th, 2017
Balancing homosexual demands for legal recognition, marital status and church law has led Pope Francis to argue privately that the Church should come out for civil unions as the “lesser of two evils,”. Sergio Rubin, who is Francis’s authorised biographer, says Francis has suggested this would mean rather than homosexual “marriage”, the term “civil unions” Read more
Charities Commission strips Family First of charitable status
Monday, August 21st, 2017Controversial group Family First has been stripped of its charitable status “because it does not advance exclusively charitable purposes”. But the group is not going down without a fight, saying it will argue the decision in the High Court. The decision by the Charities Registration Board was made public on Monday. It is the second time the Read more
Catholic parish life has become insufferably middle-class
Thursday, August 10th, 2017
There are plenty of things for which I thank God: good friends, the health of my children, the glorious tenth anniversary of Summorum Pontificum. Another is the fact that my wife and I were never made to attend a Catholic marriage preparation course. If we had been members of a parish where the mind-numbingly dull half-year Read more
Nun officiates at a Catholic marriage
Monday, July 31st, 2017
A nun has officiated at a Catholic marriage at a church at Lorrainville, 650 km west of Montreal in Canada. Sister Pierrette Thiffault’s authority to celebrate the marriage came from Rome after the Congregation of Divine Worship and for the Discipline of Sacraments agreed she would be suitable to carry out this ministry. In a Read more
Things the Book of Proverbs taught me about marriage
Thursday, June 22nd, 2017
I’ve only been married for four months, so I have a lot to learn about the sacrament. I’ve read countless blogs, listened to podcasts, watched videos and picked through my library’s section on marriage advice. I’ve dug into the Bible to see what God’s word has to say about striving towards sainthood as a married Read more
Married At First Sight NZ will trivialise marriage, church says
Thursday, April 27th, 2017A spokeswoman for the Catholic bishop of Auckland said Christian marriage was “a sacred covenant”. Married At First Sight trivialised marriage for ratings and did not give the couples their best chance at success, she said. Married At First Sight pairs couples “at the altar” as they embark on an experiment to see if they can Read more
Proposed Marriage Amendment aimed at preventing forced underage marriages
Thursday, April 20th, 2017Underage couples would need court approval to marry under a private members’ bill that aims to crack down on forced marriages. National List MP Jo Hayes said she believes forced marriages between teenagers are “slowly creeping into New Zealand society” and that the problem exists primarily in Pacific and Asian communities, where parents can pressure Read more
Traditionalist SSPX sacraments approved
Thursday, April 6th, 2017
Pope Francis has set the scene for the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) to have the marriages it celebrates validated. This is one of a number of the Pope’s initiatives that aim to bring SSPX into full communion with the Church. A letter from the Vatican to Catholic bishops said they will be allowed Read more
The awesome family stats of Bill English
Thursday, March 2nd, 2017
With thirty years of marriage, six kids, and a record of pro-life and pro-family voting behind him, New Zealand’s new Prime Minister, Bill English, has a pretty good record for a politician in a very secularised Western country. Of course, he hasn’t done it all on his own. His wife, Mary, who is also a Read more